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Jet Airways appoints Vinay Dube as CEO
10 Aug 2017
Justice Dipak Misra to Succeed CJI Khehar on 27 August
09 Aug 2017
The government on Tuesday cleared the appointment of Justice Dipak Misra, the Supreme Court's seniormost judge after the currect chief justice, as the next Chief Justice of India on the retirement of Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar on 27 August
Pak terrorist Hafiz Saeed enters politics with new party
08 Aug 2017
The new political party, Milli Muslim League, aims at giving militants better cover amid pressure from the international community on Pakistan to crack down on LeT and JuD
Venkaiah Naidu elected 13th vice president of India
07 Aug 2017
With two-term vice president Hamid Ansari's tenure ending on 10 August, Venkaiah Naidu, who will take oath the next day, by virtue of being elected vice-president, will also become ex-officio chairman of the Rajya Sabha
I-T seizes over Rs15-cr from Karnataka minister
04 Aug 2017
Niti Ayog chief Panagariya quits, prefers US academia
02 Aug 2017
Although Arvind Panagariya said he had no differences with the government and was resigning solely to return to his job at Columbia University, observers suggest that he was in fact at odds with BJP-affiliated bodies like the RSS
Arvind Panagariya bids adieu to NITI Aayog
01 Aug 2017
Panagariya, 64, who has been on a 3-year leave from Columbia University to work at the Niti Aayog, said his leave was due to expire on 31 August and it was not possible to extend it
Nawaz Sharif’s brother likely to be new Pakistan PM
29 Jul 2017
Reports quoting lawmakers belonging to PML-N party said they saw no connection between the Panama Papers case and Sharif’s ouster and that they planned to challenge the verdict
Pak PM Sharif steps down as SC finds him guilty in Panamagate case
28 Jul 2017
The Supreme Court verdict in the Panama Papers case disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for failing to disclose his un-withdrawn receivables from UAE-based Capital FZE in his nomination papers
Nitish Kumar wins floor test in Bihar assembly
28 Jul 2017
Nitish Kumar, who was sworn in afresh on Friday as chief minister of Bihar, won the trust vote with 131 legislators voting in favour of the JD(U)-BJP alliance and 108 MLAs voting against the motion
Jeff Bezos briefly overtakes Bill Gates as world's richest: Forbes
28 Jul 2017
Bill Gates, who has been holding the top spot among the world’s wealthiest since May 2013, regained his position by afternoon as Amazon shares gave up much of the gain
PM Modi inaugurates Kalam Memorial in Rameswaram
27 Jul 2017
Nitish Kumar returns as Bihar CM; BJP’s Sushil Modi is deputy CM
27 Jul 2017
While the changeover helped Nitish Kumar get rid of an unlikely ally, the Laloo Yadav-led Rashtriya Janatah Dal, it also limits the scope for a grand anti-BJP alliance
Nitish Kumar resigns as Bihar CM as Laloo refuses to budge
26 Jul 2017
The resignation follows alliance partner RJD ruling out the possibility of its candidate Tejashwi Yadav quitting as deputy CM
Renowned space scientist, educator Yash Pal dies at 90
25 Jul 2017
Founder-director of Isro's Space Applications Centre in Ahmedabad and a renowned cosmic ray scientist, Professor Yash Pal was a great communicator of science and a familiar face on TV
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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